OOC: Can I please pretend I've been here all the time? I missed the start because of the time here and I really don't want to lose points.
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MeredithRodneyMcKay 
Having put the pieces of card on each individual desk, Isabelle had arranged them in a semi-circular fashion, for now at least. Depending on what they would be doing later on, they could be moved. It was easy enough. Having placed several boxes of bits and bobs on the large wall length table behind her desk, she was now leaning against her desk, arms crossed and a smile of greeting on her face.
As well as the professor, the first thing you see upon entering is the large blackboard behind her right shoulder. Upon it was a message for the incoming students.
Helena entered the room and smiled to the professor. "
Hello, professor," she said, smiling, and went to sit down somewhere. She noticed a card, took it and scribbled on it.
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Name: Helena Hopkins
Year: First
House: Slytherin
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MeredithRodneyMcKay "Alrighty everyone!" Isabelle clapped her hand together and moved back towards her desk. The start. "Good morning, and thank you all for writing down your names, as you can see I am not Professor Kingsley," that was obvious, yes? "My name is Professor Magnus, your new Transfiguration teacher. And as this is the first lesson of term, and my first here as well, I thought we could start with a question that is relatively simple, before we move on to the lesson proper." Issy rolled up her sleeves and folded her arms again. Smiling she looked at each of the faces before speaking.
"Can you explain to me what Transfiguration is, please?"
Transfiguration? she thought. She raised her hand slowly. "
Transfiguration is the art of changing the form of... something into another," she said. "
Isn't it?"
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MeredithRodneyMcKay Right, now to get onto the lesson.
"For this first lesson I have decided to let you choose what you learn." Issy's eyes took in all their faces before she continued. "This is why I asked you to prepare to be creative. Imagine for a moment," cue the walking around the room "that you could perform magic infront of muggles, and even use it to help them. I would like you to provide to me a situation where you think a muggle might need assistance, and which spell you would use to help them. Be it transfiguring something, conjuring something - I'm going to let you decide. I will list them on the board behind, then we shall have a vote on which one we learn in the second half of this lesson."
Isabelle stopped at the front of the room and folded her hands in front of her. She kept quiet for a few seconds to let what she had said sink in. Hopefully they would come up with something good. They looked like they might. "Bear in mind what you cannot do, as per the five exceptions behind me. Please let your imaginations go. Fire away!"
Anything we want?
Helena raised her hand. "
I've heard of a spell that helps up transfigure something into small birds. That would be nice! I mean... I was thinking about entertaining muggles in a special way, or something like that."